John Blacking and the “Human/Musical Instrument Interface”: Two Plucked Lutes from Afghanistan
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Blacking’s theories about music structures and the physical movements in their performance –– Baily’s experimental work on motor control in pointing at visual targets –– ethnomusicological research on playing two Afghan lutes (dutar and rubab) with radically differing linear and tiered arrays of note positions –– learning to perform as an ethnomusicological research technique –– how the typical repertoires of the two lute types are related to the spatial distribution of note positions.
Source: European Journal of Musicology
Author: John Baily
Institutions: University of London, Goldsmiths University of London
Language: English
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408669884